To refine the general profile theme of ‘Science for Sustainability’, a number of focused ‘research clusters’ have been developed via a bottom-up process involving both junior and senior researchers. The ASI clusters address some of today’s most urgent challenges and are linked to one or more Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their membership consists of researchers with various disciplinary backgrounds, engaging in a broad spectrum of activities, often together with societal actors. The aim of the clusters is to stimulate ASI researchers to work together in order to generate innovative interdisciplinary research and create maximum sustainability impact. Clusters report about their activities to the ASI scientific steering committee. Each cluster has at least two coordinators from different faculties.
ASI Research Clusters
ASI Clusters and Coordinators
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Behaviour and Governance
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Biodiversity and Natural Resources
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Climate Change and Energy Transition
Coordinators:
Gerard van der Meijden
Lodewijk Smeehuijzen
Guido van der Werf -
Food, Agriculture and Land Use
Coordinators:
Ben Sonneveld
Lia van Wesenbeeck -
Plastics, Environment and Society
Coordinators:
Freek Colombijn
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Urban Futures
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Water Security and Justice
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Fires and Society
Coordinators:
Sander Veraverbeke, associate professor in Climate & Ecosystems Change
Marleen de Ruiter, assistant professor in Consecutive- & Multi-Risk